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Topaz GY 194

Topaz Built 1916 Cochrane & Sons Selby Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd Hull 
11/1916 Requisitioned as a minesweeper 
1919 Returned to owners
04/1919 Sold to the Yarborough Steam Fishing Co Grimsby
09/1922 Renamed Valdora 
11/1939 Requisitioned by the Admiralty as an auxiliary patrol vessel 

SurnameForenamesAge at DeathDate of DeathRankBoat
SMITHOSBORNE4812/01/1940Second EnginemanHMT  Valdora


Her Details are

  • Official Number 139304
  • Yard Number 661 
  • Admiralty number FY 1262 FY 905
  • Armament: 1-6pdr AA
  • GT 251 NT 98 
  • Dimensions 121.8 x 22.6 x 12.2 
  • Quarter deck 70 Foc’sle 20 
  • Engines 76 HP  

Sunk by aircraft fire near Cromer 12/01/1940